Kids' Tech University Registration

Hi everyone,

Wow, last night was an exciting night! Kids are registered from three different states!

Please note that if you have registered your child you should have received a "KTU Registration Confirmation" email. Please verify that you have received that email.

Best,

Kristy

VT Kids' Tech University registration opens today!!

Hello!

Registration opens today at 6 pm for the VT Spring Kids' Tech University!

Here are a couple of hints to make the registration process even more easy than what it already is:

1. At 6 pm, refresh your website link. We change the page at 6 pm and make all buttons active at once. SO MAKE SURE YOU REFRESH YOUR WEBSITE LINK.

2. Add my (Kristy Collins) email address to your email contact/friends list- kdivitto@vbi.vt.edu . In about 2 days (Wednesday/Thursday) I will start sending registration confirmations. If you don't add me to your contact/friends list the email will get put in the spam box.

3. After you register make sure you send in your 25 dollar registration fee or email to Ms. Foley. The address on where to send the fee or email is on the exit page of the registration procedure. MAKE SURE YOU PRINT YOUR EXIT PAGE; it contains a lot of valuable information.

If you ever wonder what the behind the scenes actions are...Kris and I (Kristy Collins) order a large pizza at work and we are monitor the registrations until about midnight. Yes, we are that dedicated! And we drink a lot of coffee! I'll also be hanging around my work phone...I get a lot of phone calls right around 5:50 to about 6:30 pm (see number 1).

Busy week at Kids' Tech University

Hi everyone,

This week is a busy week for Kids' Tech University. The 2nd and final KTU event at Virginia State University is Saturday (along with teacher component) and we are gearing up for the opening of registration for the Kids' Tech University spring semester at Virginia Tech! Tomorrow we'll begin posting information about the VSU exhibitors for Saturday; so check back often. We won't be sending reminder emails every but I assure you there will be information on the site everyday!!

If you are interested in the Virginia Tech Kids' Tech University program please see here. We have an entire section set up with FAQ's for parents!

Remember to spread the word about Kids' Tech University! VT KTU spring semester registration is right around the corner!

Registration opens tomorrow!

Registration for the 2010 program will open tomorrow at 3 pm! All parents must register their child under their county or state where applicable; failure to do so will result in their registration being deleted. The age limit for a child to be enrolled in the program has changed slightly from last year...the child must be between the ages of 9-12 (on Sept. 30th, 2009) to be eligible for the program.

If you have any questions about the eliglibity or registration process please see the website!

The venue sites and exhibits for the upcoming program have all changed! A new teacher component to the program is also launched with this years program!! I'll be updating this information as we count down the days to KTU!

KTU website launched!

After a lot of hard work, we are launching the 2010 KTU website!! On the site you will find the speakers for next year and information on registration, FAQ's for the parents and much more!

http://kidstechuniversity.vbi.vt.edu

Spring 2010 Kids' Tech University

Its official! We will be having another KTU program in the spring of 2010. Hopefully by the end of this week we will be ready to launch the new website. I'll keep everyone informed. Speaker lecture questions, event dates, registration information, and eligibility criteria will all be updated on the new site.

We are changing the program slightly this year! Particularly, the program is now for 9-12 year olds (the child must have turned 9 by Sept. 30, 2009; there are no excepts to this rule). Registration will also change...the details will be explained on the KTU homepage (http://kidstechuniversity.vbi.vt.edu) later this week. We are also working on being able to accept donations from the general public.

Overwhelming response!

Hello all,

Well, registration opened for KTU at 11 am on Dec. 1. and by noon we had 65 enrolled children. This is really exciting!! We have had such an overwhelming response for the program that we had to close the program early; with a waiting list for interested parents. 

Thank you!

Hello, great KTU publicity and registration news!

My name is Kristy DiVittorio and I will be blogging about the Kids' Tech University program! I am happy to answer any questions you may have (you can email me at kdivitto@vbi.vt.edu). Again, the purpose of the blog is to give updates, news about the program and highlights of the behind the scenes action of KTU!

The momentum for KTU is going strong! It's exciting to hear how the community has responded to this program. Parents, volunteers and news companies have picked up on the story. I've been getting a lot of emails from parents about how they can register their child for the program. We are still on target for a Dec. 1, 2008, 11 am launch of enrollment for the program on the website. The registration form is an online form (isn't technology great!) with a required health history form that will need to be downloaded and submitted at the first attended day of the program.

KTU has received some wonderful positive media press. Below is a list of the news media sources that have picked up on KTU:

Virginia Tech to Engage Kids In STEM Education Week's Digital Education Blog
WTVR
www.wavy.com
www.examiner.com
www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv
NBC29
www.wric.com
www.wvva.com

Last Wednesday, the innovator who spearheaded the KTU program, Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher, was interviewed for a news blurb on a local Roanoke radio station, WFIR!